"Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end."

-- Lord Acton

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“But truth is most likely to be exhibited by the general sense of contemporaries, when the feelings of the heart can be expressed without suffering itself to be disguised by the prejudices of man.”
“How short life is for fools.”
“My biggest advice to an official who wants to pursue college or come into the NFL is to make sure you're doing it for the right reasons. If you're coming in just because you want to be the female in the NFL, then I think you're doing it for the wrong reasons. If you're doing it because you want to be the best official, then pursue it.”
“I am particularly proud of my contributions in recent cases in which the government has argued in the Supreme Court that racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.”

Source : Samuel Alito's letter (1985), as quoted in "Alito denied that Constitution protected abortion" by Bill Mears, www.cnn.com. November 15, 2005.
“I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.”
“You know how to drive a car, but you do not know how to drive your life!”
“Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers.”

Source : Leland Stanford (1887). “Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...”
“My acting teacher in high school was really influential, and we still keep in touch.”

Source : "Q&A – Brandon Jay McLaren (Bennet Ahmed)". AMCtv interview, www.amc.com. 2012.

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